November 2, 2007

Pitt Certifies International Skills

By KARIN FISCHER

Colleges committed to producing globally competent graduates often stumble over a fairly basic question: What does that term mean? A number of universities have come up with a solution by creating global studies certificates. The University of Pittsburgh is one.

"Global competence cannot be the preserve of only a few students," says William I. Brustein, who recently stepped down as director of Pitt's University Center for International Studies to lead international affairs at the